Plan calls for fresh changes in Detroit schools

Published
12:00 am EDT, Thursday, April 5, 2012

DETROIT (AP) -- The emergency financial manager of Detroit's troubled public school district plans to overhaul the way some schools operate as part of an effort to improve academics, stem years of plummeting enrollment and bring in more money for educating students.

Roy Roberts announced details Thursday, a day after discussing the ideas for turning around the state's largest school district to business and community leaders.

The "2012-2013 Action Plans" include turning 10 high schools into so-called self-governing schools, where more key decisions are made at the school level instead of by the district. Other changes include reorganizing the district's central administration and generating revenue from school services.

The district has struggled with its finances in recent years and has lost millions of dollars in state per-pupil funding due to lower enrollment.

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